Event: Future of Health

November 21st 2014, London

"Future of Health aims to create a new way of working across health, social care and the third sector. It takes an holistic, person-centred approach, to help deliver parity for mental and physical health and reduce inequalities."

Early bird discount ends at Monday 30th June.

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Event: Better outcomes, better value: Integrating physical and mental health into clinical practice and commissioning

Tuesday 24 June 2014, London

This free event presents the current evidence for integrated services, including examples of best practice and the potential cost saving advantages of this model of care.

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Event: Cooperation, collaboration and competition in the NHS

Wednesday 9 July 2014, London

"This workshop looks at the rules governing competition and choice and where they impact on the ability to commission more integrated services. Specifically it considers what the 2013 procurement, choice and competition regulations mean for commissioners."

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Event: NHS Commissioning Integrated Care

19th June, 2pm - More London Riverside, Tooley St, London SE1 2DB.

The Strategic Projects Team is running a free event with Warwick Business School on commissioning integrated care. There is no charge for attendance to NHS organisations, but registration is on a first come first served basis (initially one place per organisation)

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Event: Commissioning Show 2014

25th-26th June 2014 - Excel, London, UK

"Over 300 speakers will deliver, legislation and policy updates, live debates, case studies and keynote sessions that will give delegates everything from organisational development and governance advice, new approaches to commissioning patients with multiple long-term conditions and everything in-between."

A limited number of complimentary passes are available for public sector and senior care provider professionals.

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Event: Increasing value, reducing waste - The Lancet Series on Research

8th January 2014 - University College London Institute of Child Health

"On 7th January 2014, The Lancet will publish a series of papers documenting waste from principle sources - ranging from waste in deciding what research to do, through to waste because of unusable reports of research.

This free to attend Lancet Symposium is supported by the Department of Health for England and is of particular relevance to research funders, research regulators and academic institutions, but it is likely to be of interest to research users (including the public), researchers and journals."

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Event: Diagnostic services - Atlas of Variation: how to reduce unwarranted variation in diagnostic services

27th November 2013 - Noon to 3.30pm - Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrae, London SW1Y 5DG, UK

A workshop is being held, for diagnostics professionals and clinicians to examine what the professions are doing and could do to tackle unwarranted variation in Diagnostic Services. Keynote speakers will include the Chief Scientific Officer and National Clinical Directors for Diagnostics and imaging and followed by discussions. This event will be of interest to service providers, commissioners and clinicians.

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